This family consists of several plant specific allene oxide cyclase proteins (EC:5.3.99.6). The allene oxide cyclase (AOC)-catalysed step in jasmonate (JA) biosynthesis is important in the wound response of tomato [1].

1: Allene oxide cyclase dependence of the wound response and vascular bundle-specific generation of jasmonates in tomato - amplification in wound signalling. Stenzel I, Hause B, Maucher H, Pitzschke A, Miersch O, Ziegler J, Ryan CA, Wasternack C; Plant J 2003;33:577-589. PMID:12581315